The earth shook. Then silence. Then the numbers.
Twelve dead, thirteen missing in a coal mine collapse in Guizhou province. Official statements say an 'accident.' Sources tell me it was a disaster waiting to happen.
Uncovered documents suggest the mine operated beyond its licensed boundaries, with unregistered workers hired off the books. Secret tunnels, unaccounted for. This is not an isolated event.
It is a pattern. Corporate corruption, state complicity, and a culture of cutting corners. The darkest days of China's industrial past are not behind us.
They are under our feet.
